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Personal information
Full name: Gary James Cahill
Date of birth: 19 December 1985 (1985-12-19) (age 39)
Place of birth:    Dronfield, Flag of England England
Height: 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position: Centre back
Youth clubs
2000-2004 Flag of England Aston Villa
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2004–2008
2004–2005
2007–2008
2008–2012
2012–2019
2019–2021
2021–2022
Total
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Flag of England Bolton Wanderers
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027 00(1)
016 00(2)
130 0(13)
191 0(13)
045 00(1)
022 00(0)
459 0(31)   
National team
2004–2005
2007
2010–2018
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Flag of England England U21
Flag of England England
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061 00(5)

Gary James Cahill (born 19 December 1985) is a retired English professional footballer who most recently played as a centre-back for AFC Bournemouth.

Cahill began his career playing for the AFC Dronfield youth system in Derbyshire. In 2000, he joined the Aston Villa Academy and continued his development. In 2004, he joined Burnley on a season-long loan, where he performed well before returning to make his Aston Villa debut. Later, he signed for hometown club Sheffield United on a three-month loan deal. On 30 January 2008, he signed for Bolton Wanderers for approximately £5 million. Cahill performed well for Bolton through the years, cementing a place in the first team. He made 130 league appearances and scored 13 league goals for Bolton. In January 2012, Cahill signed for Chelsea for approximately £7 million. He won the UEFA Champions League in his debut season at Chelsea, and went on to win the UEFA Europa League twice, the Premier League twice, the FA Cup twice and the League Cup. Following his release in 2019, Cahill joined fellow London club Crystal Palace on a free transfer. He left the club after two seasons in 2021.

Cahill is an England international with over 60 caps, and represented the nation in England tournament squads for the FIFA World Cups of 2014 and 2018, and the UEFA European Championship in 2012 and 2016, though he withdrew injured from the 2012 event. He was eligible to play for either England or the Republic of Ireland, but chose to play for England. In June 2009, Cahill was called up to the England squad for the match against Kazakhstan; however, he only made his debut on 3 September 2010, coming on as a substitute against Bulgaria. He made his first start for the national team on 29 March 2011, in the friendly against Ghana. He scored his first international goal against Bulgaria, in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier.

Early and personal life[]

Cahill was born and raised in Dronfield, Derbyshire, and attended Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School. He was a boyhood Sheffield Wednesday supporter and "grew up watching Sheffield Wednesday, and points to Des Walker as his childhood hero."

Honours[]

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England – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Hart 2. Johnson 3. Baines 4. Gerrard (c) 5. Cahill 6. Jagielka 7. Wilshere 8. Lampard 9. Sturridge 10. Rooney 11. Welbeck 12. Smalling 13. Foster 14. Henderson 15. Chamberlain 16. Jones 17. Milner 18. Lambert 19. Sterling 20. Lallana 21. Barkley 22. Forster 23. Shaw Manager:  Flag of England Roy Hodgson

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England – UEFA Euro 2016 – Round of 16

1. Hart 2. Walker 3. Rose 4. Milner 5. Cahill 6. Smalling 7. Sterling 8. Lallana 9. Kane 10. Rooney 11. Vardy 12. Clyne 13. Forster 14. Henderson 15. Sturridge 16. Stones 17. Dier 18. Wilshere 19. Barkley 20. Alli 21. Bertrand 22. Rashford 23. Heaton Manager:  Flag of England Roy Hodgson

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England – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Fourth place

1. Pickford 2. Walker 3. Rose 4. Dier 5. Stones 6. Maguire 7. Lingard 8. Henderson 9. Kane (c) 10. Sterling 11. Vardy 12. Trippier 13. Butland 14. Welbeck 15. Cahill 16. Jones 17. Delph 18. Young 19. Rashford 20. Alli 21. Loftus-Cheek 22. Alexander-Arnold 23. Pope Manager:  Flag of England Gareth Southgate

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